IBM PS1500 owner manual Front Panel buttons & controls, VAR 1, VAR 2, VAR 3, VAR

Front Panel (buttons & controls)

1. VOLUME SLIDERS

MASTER VOLUME. Adjusts the general volume (speak- ers, headphones and outputs). Not transmitted or re- ceived via MIDI.

MIC/LINE. Controls the volume of the signal fed into the Mic/Line Input of the optional Audio/Video Interface.

2. ACCOMPANIMENT SLIDERS

DRUM, BASS, ACCOMP1, ACCOMP2, ACCOMP3, LOWER, UPPER2, UPPER1. Independent volume con- trols for the keyboard sections (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower) and Style Tracks (Drum, Bass, Acc1, Acc2, Acc3). A LED indicator shows when the sliders are active for Style track volume control.

F1…F8 SLIDERS: In multi-track mode (Song) or in one of the Edit modes, sliders F1…F8 control the volumes of tracks 01-08 or 09-16 and operate as data entry controls in edit situations. A LED indicator shows when the slid- ers F1…F8 are active as Song volume and Data Entry controls.

3. SINGLE TOUCH PLAY

When ON, Style-Preset sounds are assigned to all the tracks. When OFF, selecting Styles recalls sounds for the accompaniment sections only while those of the key- board tracks remain unchanged.

4. STYLE/SONG GROUPS

Each button corresponds to a bank of 8 Styles (Swing, Country, Rock, etc.), User Styles (User1-8& User9-16), Song/Styles (Song/Style) or Songs (Song). Press a button to display the contents of the bank and select an item with the function button corresponding to the name in the display.

5. ACCOMPANIMENT

Buttons which control the Styles.

•EASY PLAY: Enables (On) or disables (Off) the Style ar- rangements.

•PIANO STYLE: Gains access to the Piano Style program- ming page where you can program the chord recognition modes for the Style accompaniment.

•MEMORY: When ON, releasing the keys from the key- board causes the Style accompaniments to continue play- ing; when OFF, all accompaniments except the Drum track stop instantly after key release.

•LOWER MEMORY: When ON, the sounds assigned to the Lower keyboard track continues playing after releasing the keys; when OFF, the Lower sound stops instantly af- ter key release.

•TEMPO LOCK: When ON, this button locks the current tempo setting for all Style and Preset selections. When OFF, each Style or Preset recalls memorized Tempo data.

•FADE IN/OUT: Starts and stops a Style with a gradual increase or decrease of volume. Starting requires press- ing the Start button.

•MIXER LOCK: When ON, this button locks the current Track volume settings for all Style and Preset selections. When OFF, each Style or Preset recalls memorized Mix- er settings.

•BASS FOLLOW: When ON, the Bass track of the Style auto accompaniment follows the lowest left note of the chord played, allowing real time changes of the bass ac- companiment according to the lowest note played. When OFF, the bass track follows the programmed pattern of the Style, regardless of the chord inversion played.

6. VAR 1, VAR 2, VAR 3, VAR 4

1, 2, 3, 4: These buttons allow you to switch from one Style Variation to another.

7. STYLE LOCK

When ON, selecting Presets recalls keyboard sounds only without changing Style. When OFF, Presets can change Style as well as the keyboard sounds.

8. FILL

•FILL < (Fill-to-previous-variation): Recalls a Fill pattern then moves to the previous Variation.

•FILL (Fill-to-current-variation): Recalls a Fill pattern then continues with the same variation.

•FILL >/TAP TEMPO (Fill-to-next-variation): FILL > - pressed during Style play recalls a Fill pattern then moves to the next variation. TAP TEMPO - sets the Style playing speed by tapping on the button and starts the Style auto accom- paniment automatically.

9. TRANSPOSE +, TRANSPOSE –

Raises (+) or lowers (–) the pitch of the instrument as a whole in semitone steps, over a range of ±12 semitones. Pressing both buttons at the same time resets to 0.

Panic: In MIDI situations, pressing both buttons at the same time provides a PANIC function.

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